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Thursday, August 19th, 2021 10:59 PM

3rd generation base station

If a newer base station is used to replace the original base station will all of the existing sensors and camera work with the third generation base station?

1.3K Messages

2 years ago

The camera will work because it doesn't really have anything to do with the base, but nothing else is backward or forward compatible.

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2.2K Messages

2 years ago

The old system used signals between components which were not encrypted.  The new system uses encrypted signals.  Thus the old components see the new signals as gobbledegook, and the new system sees the old signals as invalid.  Thus no components (except the cameras, which don't talk to the SS system) can interchange.

Community Admin

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4.3K Messages

2 years ago

Yep, whoaru99 and sevensiamesecats are correct. Gen3 uses a totally different communication between sensors, you'll need to replace the sensors as well.

The cameras, which connect to our service through WiFi (so they work independently from the security system) can work with both Gen 2 and Gen 3 systems.

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